Request for Price Quotations

RFPQ Title: Services of an Individual Translator (Arabic-English)

RFPQ’s Reference Code: APLA/EU-MAAP/2023-05

Overview:

The Association of Palestinian Local Authorities (APLA) founded in 1997, APLA is an independent organization mandated to represent and lobby for the collective interests of Local Government Units (LGUs) by supporting capacity building among local governments, facilitating exchange of knowledge and best practices, and serving as vehicle for dialogue between the central government and LGUs.

Project Brief:

APLA is implementing the project (APLA’s Multiannual Action Plan - MAAP 2021-2025). This project is largely financed by the European Union, under the financing agreement (FA) ENI/ 2020/ 042-362 “support productive investment in Palestine” which signed between EU and the Palestinian Authority (PA). APLA signed a grant contract with the European Union (EU) on 12 December 2021 with total EU contribution of € 1.9 million to implement the project (APLA’s Multiannual Action Plan (MAAP) 2021-2025. ENI/2021/425-904). This project has been designed to strengthen LGUs collaborations on service delivery and local participatory development, and improve contributions to territorial integration, particularly in Area C. Specific objectives of MAAP are aligned to APLA’s strategic plan and aims to support the role of APLA as LGUs representative and dialogue partner with the Palestinian Authority, to support the role of the LGUs in the building process of future State of Palestine and to strengthen the institutional and operational capacities of APLA. 

The Main Objective of The Assignment:

Under the guidance and supervision of APLA, and in full cooperation with APLA’s Communication Coordinator, APLA is seeking to get the services of an individual translator (Arabic to English and vice versa) to be responsible for all needed translations Arabic - English concerning APLA annual report, publications, or press releases. This includes:

All needed translations between both languages (Arabic & English) concerning APLA needs during the second year of the MAAP project. These translations will help APLA to present the achievements and strategic goals among many other targets to the members “LGUs” and all other partners and donors. These translations will cover all press releases, annual report, publications and even APLA letters to better communicate with other institutions or partners.

In this regard, APLA intends to contract an individual professional translator to supply APLA with the needed services concerning the translations (Arabic to English and vice versa)

Main tasks and responsibilities are as attached in Terms of Reference, Annex (1).

RFPQ’s Conditions:

1. Interested eligible firms may obtain further information and inspect the RFPQ document through the website of the APLA at (https://www.apla.ps/library).
2. Clarifications and technical inquiries can be obtained from the Association of Palestinian Local Authorities (APLA), Procurement and Accounting Coordinator, Maria Bairat: [email protected] , +970 (2) 2960712 ext 19, during office hours (Sunday to Thursday, 8:00 AM to 04:00 PM).
3. Offers must be hand-submitted in sealed envelopes and delivered to Rasha Sarhan, the Administrative & HR Assistant at the address below on or before 03:00 PM. of 20 June 2023. Late offers will be rejected. Electronic offers will not be permitted.
4. The prices must be in (Euro).
5. Income Tax for Individual Expert: Income sourced taxes will be deducted from the gross amount and forwarded to the tax authority according to the applicable laws. The gross amount shall be subject to any further deductions according to Palestinian Law and the Expert hereby irrevocably authorizes APLA to deduct any such taxes and remit same to the relevant authorities.
6. Offers shall be valid for a period of 30 days after offers’ submission deadline.
7. Publishing and advertising fees of the RFPQ on who wins the tender.
8. The address referred to above is:

The Association of Palestinian Local Authorities - APLA

10 Jabra Al - Anqar Street - 2nd Floor - Safad Building

Al-Masion- Ramallah - Palestine

T: +970 2 296 0712 ext. 18, F: +970 2 296 0713

M: +970 594398424